Description
This landscape painting features several steep, soaring mountains. The height of the mountains is emphasized by the composition, which consists of several scenes that seem to be stacked up from foreground to background, top to bottom. In the bottom left we can see two men walking along a path that tracks a mountain stream. If we follow the path to trace their destination, it leads us along a precipitous cliff edge with a path, beyond which lies a beautiful waterfall. A glance further up reveals some handsome houses nestled in the hills. This is where they appear to be headed.
So what kind of view awaits them here? It is sure to be a breathtaking one that overlooks the large body of water below.
As we try to imagine things from their perspective, the scenery of this small painting seems to roll out expansively before us.
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026